Europe
: T-Mobile launches commercial High Speed Downlink Data Packet Access
(HSDPA) networks, supplied by Nokia, in Germany, the United Kingdom
and the Netherlands, thus enabling faster and better mobile services
to consumers.
The launch at CeBIT 2006 in Hanover, Germany is the result of the
strong collaboration between the two companies to deploy HSDPA in
commercial networks. T-Mobile and Nokia provide HSDPA to CeBIT visitors
in Hanover and simultaneously activate HSDPA in Germany, later in
the year in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Prior to the launch,
Nokia and T-Mobile successfully trialled HSDPA in live networks.
"We are committed to offer our customers high-quality broadband
mobile data services that combine mobility with DSL-type of speeds,"
Klaus Jürgen Krath, Vice President RAN Engineering T-Mobile International.
"With Nokia's HSDPA solution we can offer both our business and
private customers faster services, such as downloading large files,
multimedia and music."
"We are extremely pleased to support T-Mobile in launching their
commercial HSDPA network," says Kari Sundbäck, Vice President,
Networks, Nokia. "With Nokia, operators can bring HSDPA to market
quickly, cost-effectively and with the highest network performance."
Nokia's high-performing, cost-optimized HSDPA is a simple software
upgrade to Nokia WCDMA networks, offering average data speeds of 1-2
Mbps in the first phase. Later Nokia HSDPA supports up to 14.4 Mbps
according to the industry standard. Nokia is a leader in the HSDPA
market, with over 20 contracts globally.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile International is one of the world's leading companies in
mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom`s three strategic
business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets
in Europe and the United States. By end of 2004, almost 120 million
people were using the mobile communications services provided by companies
in which T-Mobile or Deutsche Telekom have a majority or minority
stake. And all that over a common technology platform based on GSM,
the world's most successful digital wireless standard.
